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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1944
Page
4
A call to action urges readers to pledge purchase of at least one item in honor of those commemorated. The note emphasizes community support and suggests selecting local goods or services to boost local causes and memorials.
Cedar Rapids and Linn County urge residents to pledge extra bonds in the Fourth War Loan Drive. The War Finance Committee designates the period to honor casualties and encourage purchases, with a local quota of $1200 per service member and each person asked to buy at least one $100 bond.
A long roster enumerates residents and possible relatives from Linn County. The compiled list includes numerous given names and surnames such as Howard Bramer Charles E. Smith Edwin Novak Robert Moore Donald Lahman Ira Hook George DeVore James Callahan Jack Breedlove Robert Stuer John Lyman William Huston David Wehde Harold Milligan Theodore Fluegel Max Dailey Arden Harris George Reilly Chauncey Lyman Glenn Michels Wayne Caldwell Mare Ferreter Vernon Livermore Donald Hersch Edwin Filipi Eugene Brink Ivo Kelley Henry Lee Robert Carpenter Ralph Ingels Edwin Keffer Leon Ralston Edward Zrudsky Stanley Andrews William Sowers Donald Holland Warren Caldwell Roy Holub Lawrence Higgins George Hennessey Richard Emry Charles Zisko Lester Hodina Brown C A Brown Francis Koneeny Donald Hayes Wesley Severe Joe Viktor Leo Shulgin Edward Holecek Herschal Sanders Frank Pavek James Rose Arthur Dodd George Cockburn Taylor Louis Parks Robert Miller George Davis Marvin Whitters Donald King Byron Kirk Wayne Thulin Titus Donovan Goodyear Merkel Don Differding Richard Ferreter Van Meter John Suchome Kadlee Harley Barry Eugene Noble Fred Brush Raim Miles Harold Owens Luther Worley Samuel Austin Robert Smith.
The advertisement lists prisoners of war including Scott E O Nea l Paul Alsin Carl H Wall Merle W Eppers Riley N Crawford Robert Trachta Graham Andrews Gordon Davidson Raymond Klassen Charles Price Milo Webb Myron Sorden. The notice notes the list is necessarily incomplete because of the time elapsed between preparation and publication.
Tonight at 9 War Bond Variety Show with up to the minute reports on the drive. Wednesday night 9 30 Wartime marriages of two English girls told in Cedar Rapids. Paramount premiere No Time for Love plays Thursday January 20 at 8 00 p.m. at the Paramount Theater.
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